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A couple things that have helped me. Hand express and massage before you start pumping. Look up Jiggle, Roll, Stroke. Also, relaxing greatly increases your output. There are pumping meditations on YouTube. Good Luck!

I use the Haaka breast pump and I love it!! My son is also exclusively breast fed and I only aim to pump enough for my dh (dear husband) to have a couple feedings worth to give him at night so I can sleep. I was using an electric pump at first but I was worried about having oversupply issues and the pump was causing me pain. I am pumping the same amount with the haaka with zero pain, it is easily portable so I don’t feel like I’m plugged into the wall, and i use it on my non nursing breast while I feed him so it doesn’t take any extra time.

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